"Train travel always leads to great adventures; the countryside, like a moving picture show, unrolls itself before one's eyes. One is transported to the wild places of earth – forest, mountain, desert; and always there is the counterpoint between life within the train and life without. Train travel, being both constrictred in time and space, magnifies character, intensifies relationships, unites the disparate. Ordinary people become extr ..."
"He watched the train go by and he looked as if he would be there for some time:
he held a large black umbrella over his head and a newspaper on his knees.
Indeed, he seemed the perfect symbol for what a man in Delhi had called “The
Turd World.” I think the next ten miles were the most exciting I have ever travelled
in a train. We were on the coast, moving fast along a spit of land, and on either
side of the train—its whistle scream ..."
"Using the latest modern technology available to forensic science, crime scene investigators answer questions others never even thought to ask. Here are over 30 fascinating modern cases of forensic detective work, featuring the whole range of forensic techniques: genetic fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, laser ablation, toxicology, and ballistics analysis. The investigators trust only the evidence to speak for those who cannot spe ..."
"The 36 murders of the title are those for which convicted men were either executed or served long terms of imprisonment for crimes which they were later found not to have committed. The 2 immoral earnings refers to the case of Stephen Ward of Profumo fame. Ludovic Kennedy asks what lessons are to be learned, looking at police corruption and judicial complacency in this miscarriages of justice."
"This volume contains more than 200 compelling color images, from the grueling conditions of the front lines, to aerial dogfights and blazing cities, to the devastation of Hiroshima following the dropping of the atomic bomb."
Nelson and His Captains(Updated) (Penguin Classic Military History S.) by LudovicKennedy Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2001 by Penguin Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-14-139090-1, ISBN: 0-14-139090-5
"Lord Nelson's brilliant naval strategy and unparalleled command gave Britain total supremacy at sea and made him a national hero. Much of his success, however, was also due to the "Band of Brothers" under his command; the most loyal and dedicated officers that the Royal Navy had ever seen. They included Troubridge, that "dear good soul"; Hardy, with whom Nelson was always in accord; Berry, his "right hand"; Fremantle, his staunch suppor ..."
"In May 1941 the most formidable German battleship afloat, the Bismarck, escaped into the Atlantic to pose a fearful threat to the convoys that kept Britain alive."
Pursuit(Updated) The Chase and Sinking of the "Bismarck" (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by LudovicKennedy Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2001 by Cassell Military ISBN-13: 978-0-304-35526-6, ISBN: 0-304-35526-7
"In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck headed out into the North Atlantic to raid Allied shipping. She was accompanied by the Prinz Eugen and her pursuit was an epic of naval warfare. Found and shadowed by British cruisers, she was engaged by the Hood and the Prince of Wales. Within minutes, she had sunk the Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, and damaged the latter. The next few days were agonising for both sides. The Bismarck was atta ..."
Nelson's War(Updated) (Wordsworth Military Library) by Peter Padfield, LudovicKennedy, N.A. Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2000 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84022-225-8, ISBN: 1-84022-225-5
"Between 1793 and 1805, Britain fought a series of naval battles against the new French Republic. In this text, Padfield throws controversial light on the battle tactics of the famous action at Camperdown, the Nile Copenhagen and Trafalgar to show just how unconventional they were."
Pursuit(Updated) The Chase and Sinking of the Battleship Bismarck (CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE) by LudovicKennedy Hardcover, 252 Pages, Published 2000 by Naval Inst Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-55750-472-2, ISBN: 1-55750-472-5
"With a new introduction by the author. First published in 1974, this work remains in the forefront of the many books, movies, and television programs about the epic World War II drama played out in the stormy Atlantic. It is a thrilling firsthand account of the hunting down and sinking of the battleship Bismarck, pride of the German Fleet, told by a member of the Royal Navy's destroyer force who participated in the pursuit. The author's ..."
"A compelling true-crime collection of infamous murder cases cracked by forensic know-how. In the tradition of the popular top-sellers The Mammoth Book of True Crime and The Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crime, this volume offers an absorbing anthology of thirty actual murder cases in which forensic evidence ensured criminal justice - from the blood evidence in the murder trial of Dr. Sam Sheppard, the case that inspired the TV series The Fug ..."
All in the Mind(Updated) A Farewell to God by LudovicKennedy Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 1999 by Hodder & Stoughton ISBN-13: 978-0-340-68064-3, ISBN: 0-340-68064-4
"Ludovic Kennedy explores the question of whether we are any longer justified in interpreting what we call God as an autonomous, sentient being, or whether the time has come to recognize him as we do all history's gods - as images created by the human mind to meet human needs."
In Bed with an Elephant(Updated) A Journey Through Scotland's Past and Present by LudovicKennedy Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 1996 by Corgi Import ISBN-13: 978-0-552-14474-2, ISBN: 0-552-14474-6
In Bed With An Elephant(1st Edition) by LudovicKennedy Hardcover, 404 Pages, Published 1995 by Bantam Press Import ISBN-13: 978-0-593-02326-6, ISBN: 0-593-02326-9
"The book is a history book, travel book, political tract and autobiography."
Trial of Stephen Ward (New Portway Reprints) by LudovicKennedy Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1991 by Chivers Press ISBN-13: 978-0-86220-617-8, ISBN: 0-86220-617-0
Euthanasia(1st Edition) The Case for the Good Death; SIGNED 1st/1st (Chatto Counterblast) by LudovicKennedy Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1990 by Chatto & Windus ISBN-13: 978-0-7011-3639-0, ISBN: 0-7011-3639-1
On My Way to the Club(Updated) by LudovicKennedy Paperback, 430 Pages, Published 1990 by Fontana Press ISBN-13: 978-0-00-637079-6, ISBN: 0-00-637079-9
"Volkoff said, 'You couldn't do better than French Marie. Say I sent you.' So Billy
and I went to London and after a good lunch spun a coin as to who would go first,
and I won. French Marie had a flat in Shepherd Market which contained, to my
surprise, a maid, a dog, a set of Moliere and a baby grand. She greeted me in her
negligee, a well-built woman of about thirty with raven hair and an olive skin. '
Hallo,' I said, 'Peter sends h ..."
The Trial of Stephen Ward(Reprint) by LudovicKennedy Paperback, 247 Pages, Published 1988 by Victor Gollancz ISBN-13: 978-0-575-04194-3, ISBN: 0-575-04194-3